Kent

B is for Bifurcation

A bifurcation is a splitting into two items. Back a few lives ago, I read a lot of biology textbooks, and I still remember an old experiment described therein, but never actually tried it myself. In the experiment, planarians (a flat worm) were bifurcated in assorted ways -- lengthwise, width-wise and whatnot. The end result was that the planarian pieces regrow the appropriate parts. It's a lovely example of just how gruesome scientists can be (remind me to tell you of my second job sometime you're drinking a milkshake), and a lovely life lesson.